Tuesday, May 24, 2016

For months, SEIU-UHW President Dave Regan reportedly has been sharpening
his knives in an effort to challenge Mary
Kay Henry during SEIU’s officer elections at its International Convention,
which concluded today in Detroit.

So what
happened?

In the end, Mary
Kay Henry appears to have delivered another damaging blow to Regan and SEIU-UHW... who reportedly left the convention even more marginalized than when they landed
in Detroit just a handful of days earlier.

Here’s what
Tasty’s sources say.

On the
convention floor, Mary Kay Henry campaigned to win delegates' support to elect her “leadership
team,” which was called “Henry Team 2016,” to a four-year term of office. Henry nominated
a full slate of candidates for all of SEIU’s officer positions, including the president,
secretary-treasurer, 7 executive vice presidents, and every seat on the
International Executive Board.

In the run-up
to the voting process, Henry circulated promo materials demonstrating that she’d
already locked up the support of virtually every member of SEIU’s International
Executive Board as well as dozens and dozens of SEIU local unions
across the country.

Noticeably
absent from the list of her supporters, of course, were any representatives of
SEIU-UHW.

Immediately below is a pro-Henry
piece that reads in part as follows:

Brothers and Sisters,

For more than six years, Mary Kay Henry has
provided the vision, courage, and leadership our union needs to overcome the
greatest challenges we have ever faced.

Mary Kay has demonstrated the willingness to
make smart, tough decisions and the courage to act on them. She inspires us to
focus not on what is, but what could be. She has steered our union on a course
that has brought higher wages to millions of workers and new hope to millions
of current and future members…

We are proud to support the re-election of
Mary Kay Henry as our SEIU president, and to fight alongside her and her
leadership team on behalf of our 2 million members and all working families in
2016 and the years ahead.

In Solidarity,

In a
surprising twist, "Henry Team 2016" was prominently backed by Regan’s
erstwhile allies at 1199NY -- including its president George
Gresham, SEIU Executive Vice President Gerry
Hudson, and multiple other 1199NY officials.

Sources say Regan
was so marginalized and outmaneuvered that when the time came for delegates to
nominate and vote for candidates from the convention floor, Regan and SEIU-UHW’s
entire delegation stood up and walked out of the convention hall.

Here’s a
photo taken by one source soon after the SEIU-UHW delegation walked out of the
convention.

One source called SEIU-UHW “the stepchild of the Union” who “were reduced to nothing.” “What a shame, they weren’t mentioned once,” says the source.

Here are more
photos of propaganda that Mary Kay Henry’s supporters circulated at the convention.

What’s next
for Regan in his even more marginalized position?

Stay tuned!

The following are members of the SEIU International Executive Board who backed "Henry Team 2016."

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